HIPAA vs. FERPA: Two Different Privacy Regimes for Health Information
A student’s health records are not always covered by HIPAA. A law student with a public health background sorts out which privacy law applies when.
Health Law
Health Law
Plain-language explainers on health law: health care proxies, living wills, MOLST forms, and the legal limits on what death doulas can do for the dying.
Health Law, Public Interest
What Are the Social Determinants of Health, and Where Do Lawyers Come In?
What the social determinants of health are, what U.S. county data show, and where lawyers come in, from housing codes to medical-legal partnerships.
Health Law
Health Care Proxies, Living Wills, and MOLST: The Documents That Speak When You Can’t
Health care proxies, living wills, and MOLST forms do different jobs at the end of life.
Health Law
What a Death Doula Legally Can and Can’t Do
Death doulas support the dying, but licensing law hasn’t caught up.